August 2014

The basic idea of bringing happiness, inspiration and comfort to Kenyan poor children kicked off this week with the launch of the very first batch of play balls in Nakuru, Kenya! The very memorable and basic idea of this reputable organization, founded and spearheaded by the Steiner family of Katja, Yvonne, Andre and Laura, is best summarized by their basic mission statement! "With our project myball.ch – a project for children around the world we want to share those important and memorable experiences with children from a poor background by providing them their own ball." Further to that and critically, "Children play their way into life. While playing, children learn life skills such as coordination, concentration as well as mobility. They also learn life lessons such as learning how to deal with fear, anger, joy and disappointment. When they play in groups they learn the importance of teamwork, like respecting everyone on the team and playing by the rule. For practice and to learn these important experiences all a child needs is a ball." There are now 2000 reasons to be happy in Kenya with the arrival of that number of play balls to be distributed to children in and around Nakuru! We have already started the distribution to our orphanages and children's homes and will accelerate the provision of the balls to school going children when schools open from the August vacation in September. Liaising with the County Ministry of Education and mostly using our volunteers in Care and Teaching projects, we want to achieve the unique aim of having 2000 Happy kids! We sincerely thank the people involved, from the founders, manufacturers, collaborators and all that were and will be involved in making this noble venture a success! May the spirit of giving continue to touch all in making the world a better and happier world that is so evident from our children's very touching and innocent smiles. God bless to all who have made this possible.